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Video / Carson Bluck The Herald Travel’s annual search for New Zealand’s best beaches is under way for another year, and the competition is hot: Will fan-favourite Ōhope retain the crown?

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Although Auckland is New Zealand’s most populated city, it doesn’t always receive the recognition it deserves. Here are five reasons why Auckland deserves serious props.

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A boy scavenges for saleable items at Red Beach dump, on Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, March 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) Workers build a landfill on Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, March 30, 2004. (AP ...

Once upon a time, you might have been hard-pressed to find European ready-to-wear, Michelin-starred cuisine, or blue-chip art in New Zealand—even in Auckland, its most cosmopolitan city.